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• Coal power to abort the nuclear industry?

  Australia's Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union thinks residents of Queensland would rather work in a coal mine than a nuclear power plant. The union's mining division has begun an advertising campaign featuring glum-looking miners and the slogan, "Nuclear power will kill the coal industry." It intends to persuade voters to support the Labor party, which opposes nuclear power and wants to invest $1.5 billion in 'clean coal'. There was no mention of Queensland's uranium miners. Posted Aug 27 2008, 11:11 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Nuclear Energy

• Support for nuclear energy rises in California

  Support for the construction of more nuclear power plants in the US state of California has grown over the past two decades, with half of Californians now in favour, according to a recent poll. Posted Jul 21 2008, 09:20 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy, California

• Nuclear remains a foundation for Gore

  Al Gore has called on the American people to switch to 100% low-carbon electricity within ten years. The plan relies on nuclear energy, but Gore chooses to give the headlines to renewables. Posted Jul 18 2008, 10:48 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Al Gore

• Club Med hears support for nuclear

  At a summit 'for the Mediterranean' hosted in the French capital, the leaders from 27 nations around the sea and from the European Union convened. Energy strategy was a key topic. Posted Jul 15 2008, 12:06 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• G8 bears witness to growing nuclear interest

  G8 leaders are seeking a global target of a 50% cut of carbon emissions by 2050, but have stopped short of an outright endorsement of nuclear energy as a means of tackling climate change. Posted Jul 08 2008, 12:29 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Belarus adopts nuclear energy law

  The House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus has passed the second reading of a bill on nuclear power. The bill covers "fundamental principles" for the introduction of nuclear power and declares that benefits to citizens and society must outweigh any negative impacts of nuclear energy. Its coverage extends from design and construction of nuclear facilities to security, safety, physical protection of facilities and regulation. It also prohibits the production of nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices. Belarus's security council confirmed in January that the country plans to build a nuclear power plant, and an international tender is expected to be launched by the end of 2008. Posted Jun 25 2008, 09:56 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Belarus

• CEOs make climate recommendations to G8

  Recommendations on a post-2012 framework for global climate policy, backed by international business leaders, have been submitted by the World Economic Forum to the G8 leaders. The businessmen see advanced nuclear power as part of the solution. Posted Jun 20 2008, 11:03 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Nuclear generation drops 1.9% in 2007

  Figures from the IAEA show that nuclear power generation worldwide was 50 TWh lower in 2007 than in 2006, at 2608 TWh, mainly due to outages in three countries. Posted Jun 09 2008, 11:48 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Endorsement for nuclear from leading nations

  Energy ministers of leading industrialized countries met in Aomori, Japan at the weekend. Some statements from the group clearly endorsed nuclear power as a way to increase energy security and tackle climate change. Posted Jun 09 2008, 11:05 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Europe considers its nuclear future

  A top-level European forum on the risks and benefits of nuclear energy has heard repeated calls for harmonised standards for the 150 nuclear power reactors across the group of 27 nations. Posted May 27 2008, 10:11 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Italian government set to reintroduce nuclear energy

  The newly-elected Italian government is planning a new generation of nuclear power plants, the minister of economic development Claudio Scajola told a meeting of the Italian employers' association, Confindustria. Posted May 23 2008, 11:03 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Italy

• Chemical industry needs nuclear

  Chemical industry leaders on both sides of the Atlantic agree that nuclear energy is vital for the future of the processes behind the building blocks of the goods and services we all take for granted. Posted May 22 2008, 12:53 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Japan offers Vietnam help to launch nuclear power

  Vietnam and Japan have agreed to cooperate on the use of nuclear energy. The announcement came as international nuclear companies plug their products and services at an exhibition in Hanoi. Posted May 15 2008, 11:23 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Japan, Vietnam

• Opinion favours nuclear

  Unrelated surveys of public opinion have found continued support for the use of nuclear energy in both the USA and Russia, while US citizens are firmly in favour of federal incentives for the development of carbon-free energy options including nuclear. Posted Apr 29 2008, 12:07 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Nuclear could surge on carbon tax

  Stabilising carbon dioxide concentrations at 550 parts per million by 2100 could lead to a nuclear power industry boasting 6000 reactors, according to Sonny Kim of the Joint Global Change Research Institute. Posted Apr 09 2008, 11:30 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy